South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-05-20

'o's 10 tHc oI'Suh iuauSuTaLor OF the
carrier system ;. The following is
the inscr p ion on the monument to
he placed over Col. Harry Gilmor and
his wife:
Dauntless in battle,
Splendid In success,
Constant in defeat,
This dashing cavalry chief
Uutrode the storm of war,
And in the noontide OF lite
Entered the VALLEY of Death.
Where he was corqueror.
LIES battle ended, he sleeps well
Beside The wife
Who, on earth. as Ia Fesven,
Herslding the better life,
Was bel Pmaie worthy of hero =
80. The Democrats in the Fcnmsyl-
vania Legislature have ben inter.
viewed as to .he.r choice for Presi.
dent in 1888, with the following re-
suit: For Ci. veland 81 {; for Hill, 10;
non -c)mmittal, ll....A new law
passed by tue las, Con- ress TO regu-
late Congressional ell, ction contests
allows 30 days after fling TIL certi-
fcales OF election for Tue contested to
give notics OF contest, so days fer tie
contestants 10 reply aud 80 days for
taking OF testimony which shall be
forwarded 10 the clerk of the House
without unnecessary delay =. Frank
lin Howell a wealthy banker Of Scran.
ton. Ps.J has been sued by two women
within year for breach If promise,
one lay ing her damages at $4,000,
and the other at $4,000. i. Tho re.
port of the department of agriculture
for May indicates decline IN the
condition Of wheat Of two points since
April ], the general average for the
whole country boing SO. agains, G5 at
the same date in 1885, 70 in 1885 and
% in 1884. The averages of coudi.
tIon by States are: New York, Sc;
Pennsylvania, II; Maryland; 81
Virginia. so; North Carolins, 90;
Texas, 60; Arkansas 8. 33 Tennessee,
90; West Virginia, 80; kentucky,
IS; Ohio, III; Michigan, 90; Indiana,
81 Illinois, So: Missouri. Sc Kan
sas 81; California, So; Oregon, l0l.
The season has been more generally
advanced in al parts Of the country
than usual. The proper ton Of cot.
ton already planted emounts To more
than fourSfifths of the proposed area.
and is slightly greater than at the
same date in any OF the preceding
Eve years Buffalo Bill In going TO
EDglan deviated from the usual Gus
tom Of less illustrious travellers. Iu-
stead Of putting himself at once into
the bands OF London's tailor, Poole,
as soon as he arrived, he chose TO
supply himself with liberal outfit ia
America, aud he landed on the other
side with any amount Of "stoGe
clo;bes." One suit, In W,ich be in
tends to pay his respects to the
Queen, is of dark gray; another, in
which he will appear at tho Queens
jubilee az Nebrasks's representative,
is two shades OF blue; while gor.
geJus hunting costume, which. per-
baps> will be seen In Windsor Forest,
consists OF blue corduroy jacket, gray
corduroy trousers and scarlet brown
waistcoat .. The tirst deaconess al
mitied TO the Epi copal church for
nearly five hundred yesrs, end the
first one ever created in America, was
installed by Bishop Potter, in the
person of Miss Julia Eliz4be th Far.
oaret, in st. Georges Church, New
York, last Sunday :. james Smith,
eyed l02, died in Frecport, Illinois.
Wednesday. He cast his first presi--
DENTAL vote for James Madison and
his last for Grover Cleveland, aud had
always been a democrat. lie never
rode on n railroad tram The min,
imum liquor license in Philadelphia
is $500 per annum They have very
strict Sunday laws at Washington -
neither postage stamps nor ice can be
sold there on that day -. The an
nual meeting Of the American Tract
5 'cioiy TOOK place in New York I
Wednesday. The lreasurers report